TextvsTexterWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“Text” and “Texter” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#914
“Text” frequency rank
#36,060
“Texter” frequency rank
36974
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Text Texter
Definition mündliche oder schriftliche Folge von Sätzen, die miteinander syntaktisch und semantisch verbunden sind (Kohärenz, Kohäsion), eine abgeschlossene Einheit bilden (Kompletion) und eine bestimmte kommunikative Funktion (Textfunktion) erfüllen Person, die (meist beruflich) Werbe- oder Liedtexte verfasst

Where the eye mixes Text and Texter

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Text
6 ch
Texter

Look-alike desk: Text vs Texter

A purely visual mix-up. Text ([tɛkst]) and Texter ([ˈtɛkstɐ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “Text” sits inside “Texter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Text is recorded at frequency rank #914, classified as anoun, pronounced [tɛkst]. Texter is at rank #36,060, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈtɛkstɐ].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 36974, this pair ranks #1,601,979 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Text vs Texter

Shared letters: etx. Private to "Text": -. Private to "Texter": r.

"Text" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Texter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Textetxt · tetx · textt · texxt · ttext · txet
  • Texteretxter · tetxer · texetr · texterr · textre · textter · texxter · ttexter

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Text" and "Texter" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([tɛkst] versus [ˈtɛkstɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Text" or "Texter" show up more?
"Text" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #914 in our German list, against #36,060 for "Texter". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Text" and "Texter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Text" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Texter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,601,979 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Text" and "Texter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Teiler vs Texter". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,601,979 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list